Our Vision

When it comes to autonomous vehicles (AV) it is a question of when and in what form - not if.

Autonomous vehicles will quite simply remake our nation's roads in the coming decade and their adoption means meaningful safety, environmental, and economic benefits as well as mobility for the transportation disadvantaged. And significantly for Beverly Hills, a city-run AV service will reduce traffic congestion and lessen demand for parking.

Much of the national conversation to date has been around autonomous vehicles for personal use, but Beverly Hills has signaled its intent to develop a municipal fleet of driverless vehicles.

Why Beverly Hills?

Beverly Hills is right-sized. At 5.7 square miles, Beverly Hills is large enough to be statistically significant yet small enough to be manageable.

Beverly Hills is ready. Beverly Hills’ infrastructure is tailor-made for autonomous vehicles. The city’s roads are superb and a sophisticated fiber optic cable network is currently being designed to bring high-speed internet to every business and resident. This system will allow the sensor technology that powers autonomous vehicles to be quickly and cost-effectively added, permitting vehicles to communicate with the city’s electronic grid and with each other.

Beverly Hills is scalable. Autonomous vehicles serve as a platform for the addition of other sensors that aid in public safety. An AV program will allow the city to leverage our robust CCTV program, license plate recognition system and traffic monitoring applications.

Beverly Hills is poised to connect. An on-demand, autonomous vehicle shuttle service will bridge the critical ‘first/last mile’ gap with the planned extension of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system.

COMMITMENT

There is support for the autonomous vehicle initiative on many levels in Beverly Hills.

Mayor John Mirisch was an early and vocal public champion of autonomous vehicles and is leading the charge to make this emerging technology a reality.

The Beverly Hills City Council voted unanimously to adopt a resolution that commits the city to create a program to test and deploy a fleet of driverless municipal vehicles.